Update: Coast Guard responding to vessel aground in the Ambrose Channel

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/26/2017 05:57 PM EDT

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News Release  

August 26, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 1st District PA Detachment New York
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment New York
Office: (212) 514-4291
After Hours: (917) 703-0983

Update: Coast Guard responding to vessel aground in the Ambrose Channel

HNEW YORK — The oil tanker that ran aground in the Ambrose Channel late Friday afternoon has been cleared to depart New York after the vessel passed its Coast Guard inspection process, Saturday afternoon.

Crews at Sector New York received the survey from divers reporting no pollution or significant damage to the oil tanker at approximately 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

The vessel was then allowed to continue its transit out from Gravesend Bay.

On Friday at approximately 5:15 p.m., the Panamanian-flag vessel, Kamome Victoria, notified the Coast Guard that it had run aground while transiting outbound approximately five miles south of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

The cause of the grounding is still under investigation.

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